When Emperor Napoleon III launched the reconstruction of the Second Empire in Paris, the Beaux Arts architect Jean Louis Charles Garnier designed an elaborate opera house lavished with heroic sculptures and golden angels.
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The Paris Opéra in France
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French architect Jean Louis Charles Garnier combined classical ideas with lavish ornamentation at the Paris Opéra on the Place de l'Opéra in Paris.
The Paris Opéra. Charles Garnier, architect
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